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Goat Mountain Area

Occurrence in Natrona county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206529
MAS/MILS ID 0560250085
Record type Site
Current site name Goat Mountain Area
Alternate or previous names Mcdougal Gulch, Rattlesnake Hills, Barlow Gap

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.31817, 42.71885 (WGS84)
Elevation 2244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barlow Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rattlesnake Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Natrona

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 032 N 088 W 25 NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amphibole Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.31817, 42.71885
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 23M
    Length 2614M
    Width 713M
    Area 122HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N45W:80E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 122
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goat Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATE COVERS ONLY ONE OF THE GROUP OF ORE BODIES AND IS BASED ON SURFACE OUTCROP PATTERN, MULTILEVEL SENSING LIMITED SAMPLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND IGNEOUS PETROLOGY OF RATTLESNAKE HILL

  • Deposit

    THESIS, BY A.H.PERAREK,1974UNIV.WYO.LIBRARY.GEOLOGY,AN

  • Deposit

    MULTILEVEL SENSING AS AN AID IN MINERAL EXPLORATION-IRON FM

  • Deposit

    E,CONT.GEOL. V.12 NO.2 1974BY R.S.HOUSTON UNIV. WYO.GE

  • Deposit

    AND ANALYSES DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wilson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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